Naples of Olden Times

Naples of Olden Times
Directed by	Amleto Palermi
Written by	Amleto Palermi
Produced by	Carlo Barbieri
Starring	Vittorio De Sica Emma Gramatica Elisa Cegani María Denis
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Fernando Tropea
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Production company	Astra Film
Distributed by	Generalcine
Release date	1938
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Naples of Olden Times (Italy: Napoli d'altri tempi) is a 1938 Italian musical comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica and Elisa Cegani. It was made at Cinecittà in Rome.

Synopsis

At the beginning of the Twentieth century, a young employee of a Naples shop dreams of becoming a famous singer.

Cast

• Vittorio De Sica as Mario Esposito
• Emma Gramatica as Maddalena Errante
• Elisa Cegani as Maria
• María Denis as Ninetta
• Olga Vittoria Gentilli as Zia Bettina
• Giuseppe Porelli as Barracchi
• Enrico Glori as Maurizio
• Gianni Altieri as De Stasio
• Vittorio Bianchi as Il marchese Leopoldo Piermarini
• Nicola Maldacea as Nicola
• Agostino Salvietti as Luigino
• Guglielmo Sinaz as L'impiegato di Casa Ricordi

Bibliography

• Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Liehm, Mira. Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present. University of California Press, 1984.

External links

• Naples of Olden Times at IMDb